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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIE-BAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed J'uuaIB, 1906. Serial No. 320,235.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FLEMING Mc- KEcHNIE, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Eleele, Kauai, in the Territory of Hawaii, have invented a new and Improved Tie-Bar, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to railway-tracks; and its object is to provide a new and improved tie-bar for connecting the rails with each other with a view to prevent spreading of the rails, especially at curves, and to relieve the sleepers of undue strain.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a cross-section of the track-rails connected with each other by the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the tie-rod, and Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the railbrackets.

The device consists, essentially, of a tie-rod A, brackets B B, and a key C for fastening the parts together, as hereinafter more fully described. The said tie-rod Ais provided at its ends with integral hooks A A of which the hook A is adapted to engage an elongated slot B formed on the inner portion of v the base B of the bracket B. The base B extends under the base of the track-rail D, and its outer end is provided with a risin arm B suitably reinforced by ribs an formed to fit the outer top portion of the railbase as well as the outer face of the web of the rail D, as plainly indicatedin Fig. 1.

The top of the inner portion of the base B of the bracket B is formed with a recess extending from the slot B to the inner edge of the base B and into this recess fits the end An L-shaped lug B depends from the inner end of the base B and the key C is driven in engagement with this lug B and the hook A, so as to securely fasten the tie-rod A and the bracket B together.

The hook A is provided with a square heel A adapted to abut against the inner edge of the base of the rail D, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to hold the rail D in firm position against the bracket-arm B The bracket B is provided with a base B having a slot B adapted to be engaged by the hook A of the tie-rod A, and the said base B is provided at its outer end with an arm B", similar to the arm B, andadapted to engage the outer'portion of the base of the rail D as well as the outer face of the web of the said rail. A recess B is formed on the top of the inner portion of the base B in alinement with the slot B to receive the corresponding end portion of the tie-rod A.

in order to place the several parts in position, it is necessary to first arrange the brackets B B on the rails D D, and then the hook A is hooked onto the base B and the hook A is engaged with the slot B of the bracket B. The key 0 is now driven in position between the hook A and the lug B, so that the parts are firmly united. N ow by having the brackets B B arranged with the rising arms B B it is evident that a spreading of the rails D D is prevented.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, is composed of comparatively few parts, and is not liable to get easily out of order. By having the tie-rod A engaging the recesses B B it is evident-that movement in the direction of the length of the track is revented, and, consequently, the brackets B are held in'transverse alinement with each other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A tie-bar comprising a rod having hooks at its ends, brackets for engaging the rails and having slots for engagement by the hooks of the said rod, one of the brackets having an integral lug, and a key ada ted to engage the said lug and the adjacent ook of the said rod.

2. A tie-bar comprising brackets for engaging the rails, each bracket having a base extending under the rail-base and an arm rising integrally from the outer end of the said base to fit the outer portion of the base of the rail and the outer surface of the web of the rail, the bases of the said brackets having slots and top recesses leading from the slots to the inner edges of the bases, one of the latter having a depending lug at its inner end, a

rod having hooks at the ends for engaging the said slots, and a key for engaging the said lug and the adjacent hook of the said rod.

3. A tie-bar comprising brackets for engaging the rails, each bracket having-a base extending under the rail-base and an arm rising integrally from the outer end of the said base to fit the outer portion of the base of the rail and the outer surface of the Web of the rail, the bases of the said brackets having slots and top recesses leading from the slots to the inner edges of the bases, one of the latter having a depending lug at its inner end, a

rod having hooks at the ends for engaging the said slots, one of the hooks having a square heel abutting against the inner edge of the corresponding rail-base, and a key for engaging the said lug and the adjacent hook of the said rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 20 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH FLEMING MCKEOHNIE.

Witnesses:

Joi-iN IGNOCIO SILVA, OLIVER O. WHARTON. 

